Case 2:16-cv-01065-DLR Document 191 Filed 08/30/16 Page 1 of 5

Joint Daniel C. Barr (# 010149)

Sarah R. Gonski (# 032567)
PERKINS COIE LLP
2901 North Central Avenue, Suite 2000
Phoenix, Arizona 85012-2788
Telephone: (602) 351-8000
Facsimile: (602) 648-7000
DBarr@perkinscoie.com
SGonski@perkinscoie.com

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

Roopali H. Desai (# 024295)

Andrew S. Gordon (# 003660)
D. Andrew Gaona (# 028414)
COPPERSMITH BROCKELMAN PLC
2800 North Central Avenue, Suite 1200
Phoenix, Arizona 85004
Telephone: (602) 381-5478
RDesai@cblawyers.com
AGordon@cblawyers.com
AGaona@cblawyers.com

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Attorneys for Intervenor-Plaintiff

Bernie 2016, Inc.

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[Additional Counsel Listed on Signature Page]

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

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Leslie Feldman, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

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v.
Arizona Secretary of States Office, et al.,
Defendants.

No. CV-16-01065-PHX-DLR
JOINT MOTION REGARDING
POSSIBILITY OF SETTLEMENT
BETWEEN PLAINTIFFS AND
MARICOPA COUNTY
DEFENDANTS AND RELATED
REQUEST FOR EXTENSION OF
TIME

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Plaintiffs (including Intervenor-Plaintiff Bernie 2016, Inc.) and Defendants

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Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, Denny Barney, Steve Chucri, Andy Kunasek,

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Clint Hickman, Steve Gallardo, Maricopa County Recorder and Elections Department,

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Helen Purcell, and Karen Osborne (the County or County Defendants) respectfully

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submit this joint motion to inform the Court of the possibility of settlement with respect to

Plaintiffs claims against the County regarding e-pollbook allocation and polling locations

in Maricopa County and to request that all deadlines and proceedings relating to those

claims be continued pending an update no later than the end of next week from the

Plaintiffs and the County regarding the possible settlement. As a result of recent

settlement discussions, counsel for the County Defendants have agreed to recommend that

the County Defendants enter into a settlement agreement.

The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors will not meet before the Reply

deadline, which is August 30, 2016, and Oral Argument, which is September 2, 2016, and

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therefore no binding agreement among the Plaintiffs and the County Defendants can

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potentially be reached until next week. Given the possibility of settlement, however,

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Plaintiffs and the County believe that it would be inefficient for them and for the Court to

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move forward with further filings regarding Plaintiffs motion for a preliminary injunction

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relating to e-pollbook allocation and polling locations in Maricopa County or with the

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portion of the September 2, 2016 hearing relating to those issues. They accordingly

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request that the Court continue all deadlines and proceedings relating to Plaintiffs claims

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regarding e-pollbook allocation and polling locations in Maricopa County, and that they

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be permitted to send a status report to the Court regarding those claims no later than

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September 9, 2016.

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For clarity, this potential agreement has no bearing on Plaintiffs claims in this case

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regarding HB2023 or out-of-precinct voting and therefore should not impact any

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deadlines or the portion of the September 2, 2016 hearing regarding Plaintiffs motion for

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a preliminary injunction with respect to the counting of out-of-precinct provisional ballots.

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The Defendants in this case other than the County Defendants do not object to

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continuance of the deadlines and proceedings relating to the claims against the County

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regarding e-pollbook allocation and polling locations in Maricopa County. However, the

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State Defendants and Intervenor-Defendants do not agree that dismissal of the County

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Defendants from all claims would have no bearing on Plaintiffs claims in this case
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(against Defendants other than the County Defendants) regarding . . . out-of-precinct

voting for the reasons stated in footnote 4 of Secretary of State Michele Reagans

Response to Plaintiffs Motion for Preliminary Injunction of Polling Place Allocation and

Provisional Ballot Claims (Doc. 180, at 4) and section II.A.3 of Intervenor-Defendants

Response in Opposition to Plaintiffs Motion for Preliminary Injunction on Polling Place

Allocation and Provisional Ballot Claims (Doc. 178, at 6-7).

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Dated: August 30, 2016

/s Joshua L. Kaul
Daniel C. Barr (# 010149)
Sarah R. Gonski (# 032567)
PERKINS COIE LLP
2901 North Central Avenue, Suite 2000
Phoenix, Arizona 85012-2788
Marc E. Elias (WDC# 442007)*
Bruce V. Spiva (WDC# 443754)*
Elisabeth C. Frost (WDC# 1007632)*
Amanda R. Callais (WDC# 1021944)*
PERKINS COIE LLP
700 Thirteenth Street N.W., Suite 600
Washington, D.C. 20005-3960
Telephone: (202) 654-6200
Facsimile: (202) 654-6211
MElias@perkinscoie.com
BSpiva@perkinscoie.com
EFrost@perkinscoie.com
ACallais@perkinscoie.com
Joshua L. Kaul (WI# 1067529)*
PERKINS COIE LLP
One East Main Street, Suite 201
Madison, Wisconsin 53703
Telephone: (608) 663-7460
Facsimile: (608) 663-7499
JKaul@perkinscoie.com
Attorneys for Plaintiffs Leslie Feldman, Luz
Magallanes, Mercedez Hymes, Julio
Morera, Cleo Ovalle, Former Chairman and
First President of the Navajo Nation
Peterson Zah, the Democratic National
Committee, the DSCC, the Arizona
Democratic Party, Kirkpatrick for U.S.
Senate, and Hillary for America

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s/ Roopali H. Desai (with permission)

Roopali H. Desai (# 024295)
Andrew S. Gordon (# 003660)
D. Andrew Gaona (# 028414)
COPPERSMITH BROCKELMAN PLC
2800 N. Central Avenue, Suite 1200
Phoenix, Arizona 85004
Malcolm Seymour*
GARVEY SCHUBERT BAKER
100 Wall Street, 20th Floor
New York, New York 10005-3708
Telephone: (212) 965-4533
MSeymour@gsblaw.com
Attorneys for Intervenor-Plaintiff
Bernie 2016, Inc.
*Admitted pro hac vice
s/ Andrea Cummings (with permission)
M. Colleen Connor (# 015679)
Andrea Cummings (# 013507)
Deputy County Attorneys
MCAO Firm No. 0003200
CIVIL SERVICES DIVISION
222 N. Central Avenue, Suite 1100
Phoenix, Arizona 85004
Attorneys for Maricopa County Defendants

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on August 30, 2016, I electronically transmitted the attached

document to the Clerks Office using the CM/ECF System for filing and a Notice of

Electronic Filing was transmitted to counsel of record.

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s/ Daniel R. Graziano
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

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Leslie Feldman, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

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v.
Arizona Secretary of States Office, et al.,

No. CV-16-01065-PHX-DLR
[PROPOSED] ORDER
GRANTING JOINT
STIPULATION TO EXTEND
FILING DEADLINE

Defendants.

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Plaintiffs, Intervenor-Plaintiffs, and County Defendants have requested that the

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Court continue the filing deadline for Plaintiffs Joint Reply in Support of Their Motion

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for Preliminary Injunction on Provisional and Polling Place Allocation Claims (Reply)

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and postpone oral argument on the claim. Moving parties have jointly advised the Court

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that they are engaging in settlement negotiations and that there is no further need at this

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time for the Court to consider Plaintiffs Joint Motion for Preliminary Injunction as to the

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polling place allocation claim only. Good cause appearing, the Court grants the stipulated

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motion and hereby orders moving parties to file a status report apprising the Court of the

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status of the claim by September 9, 2016. All other deadlines remain in effect as to the

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claim regarding out-of-precinct provisional ballots, which the Court will consider at oral

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argument on September 2, 2016, as previously scheduled.

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